K-Up

 

Wolf Teacher: A Modern Wolf Saga

Produced by Pamela Brown and Gay Dillingham

40 + minutes

  • A stirring documentary for all ages, Wolf Teacher follows the grassroots educational adventure, pioneered by John Harris in the 1960s and continued today through Mission: Wolf animal sanctuary and Pamela Brown, Wolf Teacher
  • Takes a close-up look at rescued wolves and the awesome educational traveling program that features wolf ambassadors visiting classrooms across the nation
  • Loan on VHS or DVD

Grade 3-Up

 

Through Animals Eyes

Produced by Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation

20 + minutes

  • This wonderful film discusses how many wild animals such as raccoons, possums, and snakes adapt their wild behaviors to urban environments as humans continue to build on forest and natural lands
  • Many excellent suggestions for humanely co-existing with our wild neighbors!
  • Loan on DVD

Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Sanctuary Tour

Produced by Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation

20 + minutes

  • Set to upbeat music, this film starts by following the daily antics of rescued wildlife at the sanctuarylots of close-ups and wonderful baby animals!
  • Narrations later in the film provides educational information, such as human/animal conflicts and the exotic pet trade, while the viewer watches adult animals prowl the sanctuary
  • Loan on VHS

Teens-Up

 

Arctic Refuge: Wilderness in Peril

Produced by The Wilderness Society

22 minutes

  • Provides a beautiful look at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and discusses the ecological basis for protecting it from human development
  • Loan on VHS
  • Purchase on DVD $10

Cheap Tricks

Produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

13 minutes

  • Reveals the neglect and cruelty behind traveling zoos, circuses, wild animal photo shoots, and other animal-entertainment industries
  • From donkey basketball to pigeon bowling to dancing bears, there is no doubt that performing suffer needlessly
  • Loan on VHS

Cull of the Wild: The Truth Behind Trapping

Produced by Animal Protection Institute and 21st Paradigm Film

10 and 27 minute versions

  • Excellent documentary of the cruel fur trade and trapping industry with focus on the various traps used to kill animals
  • Includes interviews with trappers, wildlife officers, and animal welfare advocates
  • Loan on VHS

Dying to Please: A Dolphin Dilemma

Produced by Julie Sperling and Douglas Freilich of Biosphere Films

60 minutes

  • Questions the ethics and validity of captive dolphin entertainment and dolphin-assisted human therapythe dolphins may not be smiling at all
  • Loan on VHS or DVD
  • Purchase on DVD $10

Lolita: Slave to Entertainment

Produced by Rattle the Cage Productions

58 minutes

  • Following the life of Lolita, a Killer Whale entertainer in Florida for over 35 years, this revealing film critiques the captive whale/dolphin entertainment industry as a whole
  • Provides a balance of science and heart behind the argument to end live animal entertainment and includes interviews with the former Flipper trainer
  • Lolita offers hope for change and humane alternatives to animal performances
  • Loan on DVD

Spirit of the Mountains

Produced by Mountain Lion (Preservation) Foundation

20 minutes

  • Provides the historical factors leading to the present-day situation for mountain lions and busts several mountain lion myths perpetrated by huntersa great opportunity for classroom debate
  • Please visit the Mountain Lion Foundation website for advice on humane and practical ways to co-exist with mountain lions!
  • Loan on VHS or DVD
  • Purchase on VHS or DVD $10

Stripmining the Seas

Produced by Earthtrust

22 minutes

  • Documents the prevalence of drift-net fishing in international ocean waters, the plight of several major species of ocean animals harmed by this industry, and the ghost nets which continue to kill animals long after the boats are gone
  • Loan on VHS

What’s Wrong With Hunting

Produced by Fund for Animals and Humane Society of the United States

30 minutes

  • Presents myth-busters to hunting propaganda in a hip and interesting format suitable for middle and high school students
  • Loan on VHS

Where Have All the Dolphins Gone?

Produced by Stan Minasian

  • Documents wild dolphin behavior, the harmful tuna-industry, and humane fishing alternatives; some educational graphics for students
  • Loan on VHS

Young Adults-Up

 

A Voice in the Wilderness

Produced by Esther Mechler and Focus on Animals

30 minutes

  • This documentary-style film features the late Luke Donner, founder of the Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting (C.A.S.H.), and one of the most influential leaders in the rising movement against sport hunting in our modern times
  • Provides several myth-busters and a strong debate of the questionable ethics and morals of hunting
  • Loan on VHS
  • Purchase on DVD $10

Earthlings

Produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

95 minutes

  • Narrated by actor Joaquin Phoenix and divided by what animals are raised for/how they are used: Pets, Food, Clothing, Entertainment, and Research.
  • “Earthings is by far the most comprehensive documentary ever produced on the correlation between nature, animals, and human economic interests”
  • Includes philosophical discussion of how human view of animals—a very poignant and compelling film!
  • Loan on DVD